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ISSN 1648-116X LŽŪU MOKSLO DARBAI. 2009. Nr. 83 (36) BIOMEDICINOS MOKSLAI Dinamycs of Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase Activities During Acclimation to Hypothermia of Wild-Type and Transformed Potato Plants Maksim Sinkevich, Ilja Demin, Tamara Trunova Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences Changes in the lipid peroxidation intensity, activities of SOD and catalase in the course of acclimation to hypothermia have been studied in the leaves of wild-type and transformed potato plants with modified carbon metabolism. All plants were grown in vitro at MS nutrient medium containing 2% sucrose. The response to low temperature was observed during and after 6 days of prolonged exposure to 5oC. Lipid peroxidation intensity and electrolyte leakage intensity were used to estimate the level of stress. The obtained results indicate that, irrespective of the way of changing the level of sugars (due to transformation with foreign invertase gene or via adaptive response) the transformed plants are notable for a higher level of sugars in the leaves and thus have more active catalase and lower activity of SOD. Superoxide dismutase, catalase, activities dynamics, leaves of potato plant. Introduction by an increase in the content of unsaturated fatty acids (Levitt, 1980), and peroxidation of lipids affects their level in cell membranes. It is necessary to note that, in the living cells, there exists a physiologically normal level of free radical processes and peroxidation of lipids, which is regulated by a complex multicomponent protective system comprising antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1.), several peroxidases, catalase (EC 1.11.1.6.)) and low-molecular weight antioxidants (Scandalios, 1990; 1993). According to conventional view (Kuzniak, 2002), based mainly on the studies of chilling sensitive plants, the balance between oxidized and reduced compounds is easily shifted towards oxidation at the earliest stages of oxidative stress, while the enzymes are activated, playing key role in plant protection against active substances. However, as their capacity is exhausted in plant cells exposed to strong and prolonged stress, the balance is shifted towards activation of lipid peroxidation. This shift is related to malonic dialdehyde accumulation due to the activation of freeradical reactions involving the reactive oxygen species that participate in the peroxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in membrane lipids; as a result, the amount of membrane material decreases (Baraboi, 1991). Recent research (Sinkevich et al., 2009) had revealed an important relation between sugars and antioxidant system so the aim of this work was to study the changes in the lipid peroxidation intensity, activities of SOD and catalase in the course of acclimation to hypothermia in transformed potato plants with modified carbon metabolism. Acclimation to hypothermia is the most thoroughly investigated area in the group of frost resistant plants, mainly in winter cereals and trees (Tumanov, 1979; Trunova, 2007). Among numerous protective processes, an important role belongs to the intracellular accumulation of sugars caused by the changes in carbohydrate metabolism, in particular in the activity of invertase (β-D-fructofuranoside fructohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.26) (Sturm et al., 1999). In plants, it is present in three forms differing in biochemical characteristics and subcellular location. Invertases with pH optimum of 4.5-5.0 are located in the extracellular space (apoplast) and associated with the cell wall; they also occur as soluble proteins in the vacuole. Invertases with pH optimum of 7.0-7.8 are soluble cytoplasmic proteins (Sturm et al., 1999). Extracellular invertase is a key enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of transport sucrose (Roitsch et al. 2003). This study conducted with potato plants where the inserted gene of yeast invertase is controlled by a tuberspecific B33 class I patatin promoter (apoplastic location of the enzyme) showed that at optimal for growth temperature of 22оC the expression of yeast invertase gene in the leaves of transformed potato brought about changes in carbohydrate metabolism manifested in an activation of different forms of invertase (especially, of acid forms) and increase in the level of sugars (mainly, of sucrose). It was also found that potato plants transformed with the yeast invertase gene were notable for higher constitutive resistance to hypothermia (without cold acclimation) (Deryabin et al., 2003). Accumulation of sugars induced by chilling is considered a process of protective and adaptive character (Levitt, 1980; Kasperska-Palach, 1983). The exposure of potato plants to low temperatures (5oC; 6 days) resulted in the activation of different forms of invertase (for the most part of acid invertase) and in an increase in intracellular accumulation of sugars (mainly, of sucrose). In the leaves of potato plants expressing the foreign yeast invertase gene, these processes were much more active (Deryabin et al., 2007). It is known that, in addition to many biochemical processes, plant adaptation to hypothermia is accompanied Methods The study was conducted with the potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L., cv. Desiree) transformed with a vector expressing an yeast invertase gene under the B33 class I patatin promoter and carrying the sequence of proteinase II inhibitor leader peptide for apoplastic location of the enzyme. Wild-type potato plants, cv. Desiree, served as control. The plants were obtained from the collection of clones produced as a result of cooperation between the researchers of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (Golm, Ger- 72 with subsequent incubation for 30 min in white light produced by LB-80 lamps (illuminance of 4 klx). The mixture without plant extract served as a control sample (in this case, the formation of formazan was the greatest one). Optical density was measured against mixture without SOD extract at SF-46 or Spekol-11 spectrophotometer at the wavelength of 560 nm using the cells with the optical path length of 0.5 cm. The suppression of formazan production by 50% was taken as a unit of activity. SOD activity was expressed in the units/g fr wt of leaves. Activity of cytosolic catalase was determined using the method described by Kumar and Knowles (Kumar et al., 1993). Changes in optical density of H2O2 solution was measured under UV light with 240 nm wavelength at SF46 spectrophotometer. The catalase activity was calculated in units per minute, and µmol/(g fr wt) was considered as a unit of activity. The results from several replicates were analyzed using the t-test and OriginPro 7.5 program products with embedded statistic analysis (Student’s t-test, P = 0.05). The figures show the means and their standard errors. many) and the Chailakhyan Laboratory of Growth and Development (Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, RAS). The plants were micropropagated in vitro and grown in a controlled-climate chamber at the Institute of Plant Physiology, RAS, at 22oC and 16-h photoperiod (illumination of 4 klx) for 5 weeks on the Murashige and Skoog (Murashige et al., agar medium containing 2% sucrose and the vitamins (mg/l): thiamine-0.5, pyridoxine-0.5, and mesoinositol-60.0. Acclimation of potato plants to hypothermia was conducted at 5oC for 6 days in a controlled-climate chamber at the Institute of Plant Physiology, RAS, under 16-h photoperiod and illumination of 4 klx. Chilling tolerance of potato genotypes was assessed by the electric conductivity of water extracts from plant tissues according to Dexter method (Hepburn et al., 1986). Middle leaves were sampled, the petioles were detached and 80 mg of fresh material was placed into glass tube with 10 ml of distilled water. Vacuum infiltration by water was carried out in the light twice. Closed tubes with samples were shaken for 1 h. The content of ions leaked from the tissues was measured in the glass cell with two flat platinum electrodes (1 cm2) arranged 6 mm apart using an R 577 bridge (Russia) at room temperature. When the measurement was over, the tubes were placed into a boiling water bath for 20 min and then shaken for 30 min. Thereafter, the measurement was repeated. The electric conductivity was calculated as ohm-1 cm-1 · 10-4 using a commonly employed equation (Flint et al., 1967): Results and discussion Peroxidation of lipids in the cells is known to intensify in response to various stresses, including hypothermia; it results in the accumulation of malonic dialdehyde associated with electrolyte leakage and the activation of free radical reactions involving reactive oxygen species (Lukatkin, 2002). Both lipid peroxidation and electrolyte leakage serve as indicators of stress. Under prolonged hypothermia (5oC) a brief decline in the content of malonic dialdehyde in the leaves of wildtype plants that was observed during the first day was followed by its steady accumulation (Fig. 1a). Within 3 days of chilling, the shape of the curve describing the level of malonic dialdehyde in the leaves of transformed plants was the same as that in the plants of wild type but the absolute level of malonic dialdehyde was lower and, by the end of the experiment, tended to decline. Therefore, the long influence of low above-zero temperature on plants is supposed to raise the physiologically normal level of peroxidation of lipids as compared with its rate at 22oC. Activation of peroxidation of lipids in the plants of investigated potato genotypes by the third day of chilling in the light is also a result of photodynamic injury of membranes (Wise et al., 1987). Throughout 6-day-long stay in a climate-controlled chamber at 5oC (Fig. 1b) few changes of little significance were observed in membrane permeability of the leaves of transformed plants. Though their cold tolerance index decreased by 7% after 3 days of chilling, it was almost restored to the 6th day. Electrolyte leakage revealed that the control plants became somewhat less cold resistant after such a treatment than untreated plants. This evidence points at the onset of cellular membrane injury therein. Thus, the transformed plants were more cold resistant than the control plants, because ion permeability of their membranes was not impaired, apparently, because of the elevated content of sugars and their numerous protective effects under chilling (Kolupaev et al., 1993). I = 100(Lt - L0)/(Lk - L0), here I is the index of tissue injury, %, L is the electric conductivity of the sample measured before cold injury (L0), and after it (Lt); Lk is the electric conductivity of the same sample after boiling, ohm-1 cm-1 · 10-4. The cold tolerance of the tissue (H) was estimated as the value complementary to I (H = 100% – I) and also expressed in %. The rate of lipid peroxidation in the leaf tissues was evaluated by the level of malonic dialdehyde determined by means of color reaction with thiobarbituric acid, as described earlier (Deryabin et al., 2003). Optical density of the samples was measured using an SF-46 spectrophotometer (LOMO, Russia) at the wavelength of 532 nm. The content of malonic dialdehyde was expressed in µmol/(g fr wt) with the use of coefficient of molar extinction being equal to 1.56·105 cm-1·M-1. Each replicate was a sample of leaves taken from the middle part of 3-5 plants. Activity of cytosolic fraction of SOD (Cu,Zn-SOD) (Bowler et al., 1992; Scandalios, 1993) was determined by a slightly modified method described by Kumar and Knowles (Kumar et al., 1993). A sample of leaves (150 mg) from the middle part of investigated plants was homogenized in 1 ml of phosphate buffer (pH 7.7). The homogenate was centrifuged for 20 min at 7000 g, and the obtained supernatant was used as a crude extract containing cytosolic SOD. The components of the reaction mixture were added in the following order: 1.5% L-methionine, 0.14% Nitro Blue Tetrazolium, and 1% Triton X-100 (3 : 1 : 0.75). The supernatant (40 µl) was added to 1 ml of the reaction mixture. The reaction was initiated by the addition of 10 µl of 4.4% riboflavin 73 To explore the role of sugars under hypothermia, two methodological approaches designed to vary their content in the leaf cells of potato plants were employed in this work. According to the obtained data constitutive (before cold treatment) levels of SOD activity were similar in both genotypes (Fig. 2a). Investigation of dynamics of cytosolic SOD activity in the leaves of tested potato genotypes under prolonged hypothermia showed that during the first day of chilling the plants of wild type displayed a surge of SOD activity; on the third day, it sharply declined, and then the enzyme activity slightly rose by the end of the experiment. Activity units / g fr wt 1 5,5 5,0 20 2 15 1 10 5 0 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 4,5 4,0 3,5 7 3,0 0 1 2 3 4 5 catalase activity % 80 2 70 60 1 50 0 1 5 3 2 4 Duration of chilling, days 1 6 6 mcmol Н2О2/(g fr wt per minute) Content of MDA, µmol / g fr wt a 6,5 6,0 a 25 6 5 4 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 Chilling exposure, days 6 Fig. 2. Activities of cytosolic SOD (a) and catalase (b) in the leaves of wild-type (1) and transformed with yeast invertase gene (2) potato plants exposed to 5oC Fig. 1. Content of malonic dialdehyde (a) and cold tolerance (b) of the leaves of wild-type (1) and transformed with yeast invertase gene (2) potato plants exposed to 5oC Firstly, transformed potato plants with modified carbohydrate metabolism induced by the introduction of the gene for yeast invertase of apoplastic location were used. The boosted expression of yeast invertase gene caused a retardation of sucrose efflux from the cells because in the apoplast it was transformed into non transportable hexodes. Secondly, a prolonged exposure to light at 5°C was employed, which induced an increase in the content of intracellular sugars. As it had been shown in previous experiments, the investigated genotypes differed by invertase activity even at optimal growth conditions (22°C) with the activity of acid invertases in the leaves of transformed plants being almost 1.5 times higher than in the wild-type control plants (Sin'kevich et al., 2008). As it was described earlier (Deryabin et al., 2003), the activity of acid form was mostly related to accumulation of sugars (predominantly sucrose and glucose) in leaves. During the first day of cold acclimation, the activity of acid invertases in the leaves of both genotypes increased, and in the transformed plants it was almost 1.5 times greater than in wild-type ones. On the third day of cold acclimation, the activity of acid invertases in the leaves of both genotypes was the greatest one; by the end of the experiment (on the 6th day), enzyme activity somewhat decreased (Sin'kevich et al., 2008). Changes in the activity of different forms of invertase in the leaves of wild-type and transformed plants during 6day-long chilling at 5oC leaded to higher sugar contents. At the same time, in transformed plants throughout the entire period of hypothermia, SOD activity did not change essentially and remained at the level of control plants (without chilling). The increase in SOD activity observed in the leaves of wild type potato plants during the first day of chilling pointed to an elevated reactive oxygen species production (Merzlyak, 1989). In contrast to the plants of wild type, such a way of chilling did not activate SOD in the leaves of transformed plants. The fact that the curves describing the activity of SOD and the rate of peroxidation of lipids are reversed suggests that these reactions are activated by different reactive oxygen species. The activity of SOD and the rate of peroxidation of lipids depended on the level of intracellular sugars in the leaves of investigated genotypes of potato (Sin'kevich et al., 2008). When the level of sugars rose, the activity of SOD and the rate of lipid peroxidation decreased. Catalase activity (Fig. 2b) acted differently to SOD – it was about to reduce its level for the first daily period in both genotypes. After 3 days of exposure at low temperature it rose greatly but returned to the untreated level on the 6th day in transformed plants and stayed high in wild-type ones. And this fact correlates with the sugar content in leaves of both genotypes – high sugar content serves as background to increased catalase activity. 74 content of sugars, mmol / g fr w 20 chanisms of protective action of soluble carbohydrates on the biological membranes have been proposed. One of them may depend on the formation of bonds between the oxygen atoms of phosphates within membrane phospholipids and hydroxyls of sugars (Strauss, Hauser, 1986). This mechanism is consistent with the possibility that in dehydrated cells, water is replaced in biological membranes with sucrose (Chen et al., 1976; Caffery et al., 1988). Sugars can modify plasma membrane ensuring its homeoviscous adaptation (Uemura, Steponkus, 1997). In addition, sugars participate in antioxidant protection of the cells acting as interceptors of active forms of oxygen and suppressing destructive oxidative processes (Aver’yanov, Lapikova, 1989; Morelli et al., 2003; Sinkevich et al., 2009). One may suggest that owing to the accumulation of lowmolecular carbohydrates (sucrose and glucose) in the course of cold acclimation due to activation of acid invertases cold resistant plants better adapt to temperature drop occurring in nature. transformed monosugars total sugars 18 wild-type 16 14 transformed 12 10 8 wild-type 6 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Days of chilling Fig. 3. Sugar content in the leaves of potato plants of wild-type and transformed with yeast invertase gene The analysis of the content of various sugar forms (conducted simultaneously to the studies of invertase activity) showed that their greatest accumulation occurred in the leaves of both genotypes by the third day of chilling. As compared with the unhardened control, the content of glucose in transformed plants increased twice and that of fructose, more than 5 times; however, as compared with other sugars, the level of fructose was low. It is important that in the leaves of both potato genotypes during cold acclimation the content of sucrose increased, especially in the transformed plants (1.7 times). Apparently, yeast invertase in the transformed plants was responsible not only for accumulation of monosaccharides (at the expense of sucrose hydrolysis) but also for accumulation of sucrose due to activation of insoluble acid invertase. Adaptive changes that occur in the cells of cold resistant plants in the course of cold acclimation were shown in electron microscopic and morphometric investigations of the cells of palisade parenchyma in the leaves of potato plants. According to the obtained data, during this period the investigated genotypes produced xeromorphous ultrastructure characteristic of cold resistant plants (Trunova et al., 2003). Ultrastructural and functional transformation of the cells during cold acclimation largely depends on sugars as a source of energy and precursors to other metabolites (Trunova, 2007). Therefore, adequate supply of all the plant organs and tissues with water-soluble carbohydrates is necessary for the adaptation to prolonged chilling. In the course of cold acclimation of plants, water-soluble carbohydrates are used for the production of new ultrastructural elements of the cell and for the synthesis of more reduced chemical compounds that bring about the changes in the composition of cellular membranes (elevation of the ratios lipids/ proteins, unsaturated FA/saturated FA, phospholipids/sterols, digalactosyl diacylglycerols/ monogalactosyl diacylglycerols, phosphatidyl-cholin / phosphatidylethanolamine (Palta et al., 1993; Uemura, Steponkus, 1997). As a result, the lipid bilayer becomes capable of preserving liquid properties at low temperatures (homeoviscous adaptation of membranes) ensuring cellular functions that depend on its physical state. Sugars also are known to protect protein-lipid components of the cells, especially in membranes. For instance, under hypothermia, sucrose participates in the preservation of the structural integrity of plasma membrane in the cells of wheat leaves (Savitch et al., 2000). 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Streso lygis vertinamas lipidų peroksidacijos intensyvumu ir elektrolitų nuotėkio intensyvumu. Rezultatai rodo, kad nepriklausomai nuo cukrų lygio pakeitimo būdo, transformuoti augalai išsiskiria aukštesniu cukrų lygiu lapuose, taigi, aktyvesne katalaze ir silpnesne SOD veikla. Superoksido dismutazė, katalazė, veiklos dinamika, bulvių lapai. М. С. Синкевич, И. Н. Демин, Т. И. Трунова Динамика активностей супероксиддисмутазы и каталазы в процессе акклиматизации к гипотермии в листьях растений дикого картофеля и трансформантов Резюме Изучались изменения интенсивности перекисного окисления липидов, а также активностей супероксиддисмутазы и каталазы в процессе акклиматизации к гипотермии в листьях растений картофеля дикого типа и трансформантов с измененным углеводным метаболизмом, выращенных в условиях in vitro в среде Мурасиге и Скуга с добавлением 2% сахарозы. Изменения в интенсивности перекисного окисления липидов и выхода электролитов (использовались как маркеры уровня стресса) наблюдались в ходе длительной холодовой экспозиции в течение 6 дней при температуре 5oС. Полученные результаты показывают, что независимо от способа изменения содержания сахаров (путем введения чужеродного гена или адаптивного ответа) у обогащенных сахарами растений наблюдалось снижение активности супероксиддисмутазы при более активной каталазе. Супероксиддисмутаза, каталаза, динамика активности, листья картофеля. Gauta 2009 m. vasario atiduota spaudai 2009 m. birželio mėn. Maxim SINKEVICH. Ph.d (biochemistry and plant physiology), Laboratory of Frost Resistance, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: Botanicheskaya ul. 35, Moscow, 127276 Russia; fax: 7 (495) 977-8018; e-mail: [email protected] Ilya DEMIN. Post-graduate student, Laboratory of Frost Resistance, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: Botanicheskaya ul. 35, Moscow, 127276 Russia; fax: 7 (495) 977-8018. Tamara TRUNOVA. Doctor of biological sciences, professor; Laboratory of Frost Resistance, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: Botanicheskaya ul. 35, Moscow, 127276 Russia; fax: 7 (495) 977-8018; e-mail: [email protected] 76